Last Waltz in Vienna

Last Waltz in Vienna

"Last Waltz in Vienna" by George Clare was the 1982 winner of The WH Smith Literary Award.

The book, subtitled "The Destruction of a Family 1842-1942", tells the history and fate of the Klaar family, who were proudly Austrian and also happened to be Jewish.

The author changed his surname while serving as a volunteer in the British Army. His parents were deported from Vichy France to their deaths in Auschwitz.


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